BRAXTON Foy

EMAIL Sent: Sun, Jul 5, 2009 10:30 pm

Subject: BRAXTON TAYLOR FOY

Jenny and Lisa, Hey. It's me Darlene. I wanted to get in contact with you and let you see how fast Braxton is growing. He is making sentences now and he is adorable. He has his final surgery scheduled for September, just a few months away. I also want to say that I am sorry for everything in the past. I am attaching some pictures of Braxton and I would love to meet you and have lunch or something. I really would like to talk to you and your sister if possible. When I look at things right now, I see how childish I was in the past. I am ashamed of my ways in the past and I would like you to know that I am a different person now. Larry and I have married and I am finishing up my degree in Criminal Justice. My dad past away in March of this year, and My little boy July 9th of last year.

Sincerely, Larry, Darlene, and Braxton

Sent: Mon, Jul 6, 2009 12:25 pm

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Darlene,

Oh my gosh! What an answer to prayer. I have been thinking about you so much and wondering how ya’ll have been. I wondered how the baby was doing (I thought it was a girl)? I am SO sorry to hear that the baby went to be with Jesus. I am also so sorry to hear about your dad.? WOW.? rough year.? We too have had a rough year. Little Lee had brain surgery last September and the GM business is terrible, but all happens for a reason. I just read a weekly wisdom before I opened your email that said "Do you believe GOD even when you can't believe what happened"? We also had a setback with my brother who had to go to rehab for a couple of months and we are trying to help him get his life back in order. His wife has divorced him and not really sure about his kids. He has 2 kids that he adores and he is trying to make amends with them.

I Love the pictures of Braxton. You will have to fill me in on his progress, if he had to have any more surgeries. What is his surgery for in September? And do ya’ll go to Nashville to have it? He is sooo big. I can't believe it. He certainly hasn't missed a meal... He is adorable and his smile is contagious.

I would love to catch up--go to lunch or whatever.? Lisa and I both have not stopped thinking of you and often ask each other what is Darlene, Larry and Braxton up to!! I want to hear what happened to your baby. Would love to hear about Martha. Where you are living, working, etc.

I totally appreciate your apology. I forgive you and know that I still really care about you and your family. I am sorry for abandoning you. I felt like I got too involved and was trying to hard to control the situation. For that I am sorry. I am so glad you got back in touch. I am not sure if I will be at church on Sunday because we go to the lake on the weekends but I would love to get together with you sometime this week. I will pray for you as I know this will be a hard week for you.

Thanks again for sending the precious pictures.

Sent: Mon, Jul 6, 2009 1:25 pm

We have been doing okay. Larry finally got his disability. His child support was reduced. I had a little boy his name was Bridger Ty. He was truly God sent. He only weighed 3lbs. I delivered the umbilical cord first and it cut the blood flow off to him. His kidneys were bad and his chest did not grow big enough to house his lungs. God knew what he was doing. I tell myself that Bridger was just for God and me. He was a pleasure to carry. Yeah, it's been a rough year. Why did Lil Lee have to have surgery, not related to TEF was it? I hate to hear about Lee's business to. On a different note,,,,,,,I got a GMC Yukon. It is not a brand new one, but it makes me feel good as a person when I am bumping those BOSE...lol. Braxton has had a total of 28 surgeries. His last surgery in April was to remove a penny from his neck. We all laughed and thought that was humor from God...You know on a penny it says "in God we trust". Braxton wasn't hurt or anything but he had a problem putting change in his mouth. He had his esophagus removed last year and they made an opening in his neck for saliva to drain, which is caught by a washcloth. The daily Mountain Eagle did a big write up on him just this year...It was awesome. The surgery in September will be to take six inches of his small intestines and rebuild his esophagus. We are praying this is his last surgery. I know that Braxton is chunky but he is not able to eat anything by mouth and it touch his stomach. He eats from a Mic-key button in his stomach. You thought he was something back then....o' boy he is saying things, that I know I did not teach him. He loves to talk on the phone so if you ever want to call you can. He will talk your ears off...

oh. Almost forgot, I am a full time student and I don't work right now. I almost thought about working at one of those Bingo Halls down the road...Looks fun. I don't know...

Anyway look forward to seeing you and Lisa sometime...

Oh, I forgot check out myspace...... www.myspace.com/larrydarlenebraxton

Without Christ

Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It is because of Christ I am able to stand!!!

Read and Heed

President Obama: House Considers Repealing 22nd Amendment

Earlier this year, Rep. Jose Serrano, D-N.Y. introduced H. J. Res. 5, a bill that would repeal the Constitution’s 22nd Amendment which prohibits a president from being elected to more than two terms in office, thus potentially paving the way to make Barack Obama president for life. Not surprisingly, the corporate media currently caught up in Obama-mania has not covered this story.“Will George W. Bush end up being the last true U.S. President?” asked Sher Zieve, writing for the Canadian Free Press on January 14, 2009. “As I warned you on multiple times prior to the 2008 General Election, ‘once Obama is elected, we won’t be able to get rid of him.’ Tragically, this warning is now being realized. Not only has Obama established his election-fraud organization ACORN nationwide, his adherents have now begun the process to repeal the U.S. Constitution’s 22nd Amendment.”

4th of July

4TH OF JULY   Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?     Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.   Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.  Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.      They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.   What kind of men were they?   Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.  *****Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his Ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.  *****Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.  *****Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.  *****At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters.  He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.  *****Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.  *****John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished.     Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn't. So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots.  It's not much to ask for the price they paid.    Remember: freedom is never free!

BIG Tour 2009

June 27th - July 3rd - Rick and Robin Roberts co-lead a team of soon to be 10th graders to Solola, Guatemala on a mission trip. Rick and Robin have been small group leaders for this group of young men for the past 4 years. Our mission included:

** A Pastors Conference for 21 pastors with Robin Roberts, Spencer Mitchell, Tom Meter and Paul Rogers sharing the sermon series, LifeBlood

** Rock the Block with the pastors children and other from the orphanage during the conference.

** 4 Onil stoves installed in homes. The homes to receive stoves were selected by the teachers at the school.

** 60 pair of rubber boot for boys were given away

** Roof, window frames, screen, door and chicken boxes were completed for Chicken Coup II

** 6 Toilets were repaired or replaced at the school, Rafael Tellez

** Precept Study Bibles, Holman Bible Dictionaries and How to Study the Bible books were given to each Pastor.

** Tyler Nix and Crawford Rogers shared their testimonies with the Church on Sunday morning.

** Tyler Nix and Austin Brokaw shared their testimonies at the Pastors Conference.

** 100 bottles of tempra paint was provided for the school, Rafael Tellez.

** 360,000 doses of antibiotic was given to the National Hospital in Solola, Guatemala and we visited and prayed with many patients.

** Rafael Tellez school kitchen was cleaned out, painted, new shelving, and put back together

How glorious it is to be able to share Christ with the Nations! Our Father in heaven get all of the Glory - great things He hath done!

2 Heuvos

85 Chickens and two eggs this morning in CCII [Chicken Coup II]. This CC is for the Eagles Nest Orphanage in Solola, Guatemala. Chema and one other worker are responsible for the coup. ENO will receive 50% of the eggs and Chema and workers get the other 50%. They will have to purchase feed for the chickens by selling eggs.

Scatter Seed

We plough the fields and scatter

the good seed on the land

But it is fed and watered

by God's almighty hand

He sends the snow in winter,

the warmth to swell the grain

The breezes and the sunshine

and soft refreshing rain

All good gifts around us

are sent from heaven above

He is our only Maker,

O thank You Lord for love

The winds and waves obey Him

By Him the birds are fed

Much more to us, His children

He gives our daily bread

We thank Thee, then, O Father

For all things bright and good

The seedtime and the harvest

Our life, our health, our food

No gifts have we to offer

For all Thy love imparts

But that which Thou desires

Our humble, thankful hearts